Moan4Yoan
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5 minutes ago, bmags said:
What info do you have that it isn’t 280? Why criticize people for picking the higher number discussed by Nightengale when you just picked the lower number.
I don’t have any info but a number that high ($280) for 8 years seems like an agent-generated rumor to up the offers when the other rumored numbers are all much lower at $175, $250, and $240. I guess we will find out when he signs in two more months, lol.
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1 minute ago, Flash Tizzle said:
I still have these optimistic feeling that we’ll look back after this and realize it was obvious from the Alonso deal we had it in the bag. No one makes that trade unless it’s just about guaranteed to pay off with Machado in some way.
Now, the issue is Machado (and his agent) don’t want to look like fools if, for example, Harper signs for 50 million more dollars. I’m sure in some way they are aware what Harper is receiving. Machado tells the White Sox if you match any offer, you’ll be the winners. They sit back and have an offer, but are aware other teams such as the Padres may swoop in. However, they have the last say in anything. That’s what I think Jay and Alonso bought them. He’s not going to turn down money to play here; but he’ll give us the respect we showed him by bringing aboard friends/family
If the Sox don’t land Machado, Rich Hahn is surely going to look like a clown. $13 million for Alonso and Jay looks fine if Machado is wearing a Sox fan but it looks like crap if Machado is a Padre. Imagine having to watch Alonso and Jay play for a Machado-less Sox team? Puke city.
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I guess my question would be why were so many people sure the Padres offered $280 when a $240 number was also throw around. Just like the Sox $175 and $250 numbers. The truth is it doesn’t seem like any of these reporters have very good inside info.
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10 minutes ago, Flash Tizzle said:
Then you are accepting that they’ll never land a FA onpar with Harper or Machado. It will never be more perfect for us than what is happening with limited interest among teams and two premiere players being available to split interest
I am on board with at any costs for either one of those two. If we miss out, then what? Wait for Arenado or Trout? Continue doing what we’re doing and scrape up the 2nd/3rd tier FAs?
Exactly. There are two 26 year old Hall of Famers available for nothing but money. Let’s be honest. The Sox have no prayer at landing Trout. Arenado will be older than both Harper and Machado when he hits free agency. He will be 29 at the beginning of the 2020 season after he signs. People act like the Sox will have another shot at two young future Hall of Famers. I’m not seeing it... the fact is that there will never be a better time than now to spend big money on one of these two top free agents.
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9 minutes ago, ptatc said:
They also aren't the Yankmees where they will support a 200 million dollar payroll. I get wanting him but it's not an "at any cost" situation.
It’s not an “at any cost” situation but it’s pretty close. The Sox don’t need to become the place that no free agents want to go like the Bulls. Rick Hahn has been telling us, the fans, that they have been planning for this offseason for awhile. Now it’s time to put up and land a whale or shut up.
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1 hour ago, Kiebs13 said:
DHgate.com. things get shipped from China and take a few weeks, but if you go by the reviews the quality is almost always fantastic. I got 2 Bears jerseys during the season last year for about 20 bucks a piece and you can't tell the difference between them and the actual on field authentics. Way nicer than the replicas in store.
This is definitely the way to go. I ordered some Bears jerseys (Mack & Hicks) before the season started and while it is extremely slow boat shipping from China, the jerseys are great knockoffs and were dirt-cheap at around $20 each after shipping. DHGate also has an app you can download to do your searching and ordering.
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I watched some videos on this from whitesoxdave’s Twitter. I have to wonder what the White Sox marketing staff was thinking -- 11 AM on a Wednesday? Also, they had people pitching with a windup backed up against the bullpen wall. If you watch the videos, look at where the pitching rubber is. Also, could they not have been bothered to at least try to shovel/rake out some of the snow/ice? If you are going to bother having a cool event like this, at least exert some effort and do it right. Great idea, poor execution.
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7 minutes ago, Orlando said:
We have had Manny’s “cousin” weigh in, why not Alonso’s? 😂
In GMoney’s Twitter profile, he has “Part Of Alonzo Family Tree” and spelled Alonso with a z instead of an s. Both seem very legit... I’m excited now!
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45 minutes ago, joesaiditstrue said:
Poor J.D. Drew...
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2011/3/11/2044411/jd-drew-phillies-fans-batteries
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This is getting old...
Sign Machado, sign Gio, trade for Joc, and end the offseason.
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7 minutes ago, Sockin said:
Ha! They asked him about the gloves.
And what did he say? Typical BS response by Hahn?
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2 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:
Where is the empty locker for Bryce? Imagine they both pull up in a limo and walk out together with Hahn. The baseball world would stop....and ESPN would crap a brick because they would actually have to cover them.
In that scenario, I would expect Vince McMahon to come out of the limo and laugh maniacally at all of the press expecting it to be Machado and/or Harper to announce he has purchased the Sox from Jerry and is cutting the payroll to Rays/Marlins levels.
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1 minute ago, fathom said:
He keeps saying "be aware" today
Yes, but this seems to be cat and mouse holdout game between Harper and Machado. Neither wants to sign first. Harper will have to sign at some point to give Sony some time to print artwork of him and his new time prior to the game’s release date of March 26th but that’s still awhile away and I would guess they both sign much sooner that that.
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Under Hector... way under.
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7 minutes ago, maggsmaggs said:
You make several predictions on your twitter, when a real one comes true you keep it/pin it, then delete the wrong ones. All of sudden when you post things in the future, you look legit.
Bingo. I’m sure there are insiders but not as many as you would think from reading the social media cesspool on Twitter.
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Just now, fathom said:
Or there’s someone closely associated with the organization that spreads all sorts of BS and people trust them way too much.
I don’t believe this conspiracy theory as much as I believe social media clowns want to try to grab free attention.
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1 minute ago, Dick Allen said:
Everyone is getting away with it. The amount of fake insiders is ridiculous. Even people you can say are insiders have no info. So these fakes are just guessing.
I did hear that White Sox Fest is gonna be pretty pretty pretty good this year... 😂
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All of these social media sources are a joke. Everyone wants to say they know when it is happening to get more press/publicity for themselves. Just like Richard Roeper and his hinting of Machado signing for SoxFest. And now, since he never specifically said it, he gets away with his bit of fake news. Just like the rest of these clowns jumping in saying he will sign today or soon based on every other hint or rumor of it possibly happening.
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3 minutes ago, bmags said:
Crapping all over the cubs Sinclair announcement with machado would really be *chefs kiss* to rub in the crappy offseason for the cubs as they cry poor.
Not to get political but the Sinclair news is actually very negative and disappointing to a large number of liberal Cubs fans for obvious reasons.
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17 minutes ago, Kiebs13 said:
Hector just Retweeted this...
I don’t think Hector knows exactly when Machado will sign but I think he has the feeling it will be soon. He seems to have the most inside knowledge of Machado and his agents dealings, likely from Machado’s dad.
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Lurker here but I have been following this thread for awhile...
My buddy who is just a Sox fan with no sources messaged me the following this morning:
“Wife has a couple Chicago cops in the family. 2 are on "special duty" today at Comiskey.”
However, he was unaware of the Fast Pitch event at GRate. When I told him about this event, he said damn. However, the Rawlings gloves are still giving me hope that the Sox nab him and possibly soon.
Machado signs with Padres 10/300
in The Diamond Club
Posted · Edited by Machado2Sox
Funny that there are some people worried about a $35 million AAV as opposed to $30 million AAV. That’s one mediocre player off the roster, like Jon Jay for example... or any one of the countless ~$5 million dollar players the Sox have wasted money on over the years. Yolmer Sanchez is making $4.625 million this year and I’d rather see him dumping Gatorade on people than playing. And this guy will be starting at 2B if the Sox miss out on Machado...